I will begin by asking why fake plastic quartz at all. Any counter top with obvious graining creates isses when turning corners or being added on to but quartz is worse often becuse each slab can be very different since they are man made . I would check out some white granites with as little actual grain s possible .

Since you're posting to ask, I think you'll notice, so the question is, will you care?

Can you please give us the dimensions of your layout and of the slab you like? Someone here might be able to give you other ideas. The most important person in this process will be your fabricator, so you should ask them for their input as well.

Patricia, fair question. We are looking at quartz > granite for practical reasons. If you are referring to a granite pattern/colour, I am actually a fan of that. You can't see the detail in the layout, but up close, the stone has more of a granite-y, speckled pattern, which our favourite part. We could go without the more macro grain/veining, but that's just part of the design unfortunately.

chicagoans, the fabricator is the one that warned us of this issue. We could probably learn to live with it, but as I said, we are not very experienced and would like to get the community's perspective. We do love the details in the stone, but if this is just a bad idea all around, then we are happy to go with another option.

By volume quartz is 34% epoxy. That info is why it can scorch easily. The sales guys give you the weight percentage. Which is meaningless.

I wouldn't do it. To me, when I see that it looks like someone tried to slap on a counter to "update" without paying attention to what it actually looks like.

Why cant the fabricator flip the piece to the right of the range 180º before cutting into it? That would get all of the veining running the same way, which would be a huge improvement. This just looks weird.

Yes, I think you care enough to ask the question, so it’d be best to get it right the first time. Personally, I don’t like definite directional patterns in kitchens with a turn like yours. I don’t like seams and I don’t like the pattern going in two directions. I’d choose a more homogenous slab, especially since you like small, speckled patterns. But that’s me.

To me this veining pattern going in two different directions on each side of the range is very little different from book matching a slab to do this very thing at a seam. It's just that the "center" of yours is buried under the cooktop.

I'd pick something less directional myself, in general, but like I said, people actually spend a lot of money to have their veining going in two different directions, under slightly (to me) different circumstances.

Appreciate the input everyone! Jennifer, the minor adjustment in grain angle was not even on my radar. Thanks for pointing that out!